Open AccessAbout an aggressive bone lesion
Author(s) -
Kaffel Dhia,
Kchir Hela,
Hamdi Wafa,
Zouch Imen,
Maatallah Kaouther,
Kchir Mohamed Montacer
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1197
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , hyperparathyroidism , lesion , parathyroid hormone , primary hyperparathyroidism , brown tumor , radiology , pathology , surgery , secondary hyperparathyroidism , calcium
Key Clinical Message We report here a case of hyperparathyroidism with disseminated brown tumors mimicking malignancy. The important clinical teaching of our case is that hyperparathyroidism can take various aspects. Plasma parathyroid hormone concentration should be measured in all patients with multiple bone lesions.